Pillars of Ita

The four items are carried out sequentially, with coins first.Colin-Ishurian always guessed heads, so in the first two rounds, plug-ins and magic tools will be played first.

As they entered, the arena erupted into even louder cheers.Players from other directions all looked at this side. There was no team from the empire in the first round. Everyone was still wondering where the team was so popular in the empire?

Nottingham's boat team, which entered the stage first, also looked in this direction.

Fang Plover first felt a gaze on himself, he subconsciously looked in that direction, and saw a young man with blond hair standing in front of everyone on the Nottingham Boat, looking down on him from a high position on the stage.

Fang Plover had seen this face in the information, so he recognized him naturally.That person is Time Traveler, one of the talented craftsmen of the Nottings Ship generation.The other party didn't speak, but Fang Yan had already sensed the provocative look in that gaze, so he also raised his head and looked back.

The young man smiled at him.

But behind the superficial politeness was a touch of disdain.However, Fang Plender didn't care about this person's attitude, but noticed the short boy behind him, with obvious Near Eastern features on his face. It was mentioned in the data that this boy's ID was Kula, the son of Nottings. Another main craftsman of Zhou is a European immigrant with Berber culture.

The information about this young man is vague, but Soul Fingerprint and Virus all regard each other as an opponent equivalent to Time Walker, and they dare not be careless at all. This is why he and Weiyu played together in the first round.

However, what Fang Plover cared about was not the level of the opponent.

It was a sign that flashed in his heart. It was not a premonition, but the alert appearance of the ring of golden flames.He had experienced it once in the Southern Territory Competition, but after Jin Yan recovered, this symptom became more acute.

He looked at it unexpectedly.But the young man named Kura seemed to be immersed in his own world, indifferent to the attention of the outside world, standing behind everyone, obviously distracted.Fang Yan was stunned again, because the ring of golden flames trembled and then calmed down, which was completely different from the last time.

Feeling puzzled, he probed with his hand, and the ring was icy cold.

illusion?

Holding the ring of golden flames in his hand, Fang Yan frowned and shook his head.He wasn't sure what happened in his heart, but he just wrote it down secretly.

Time Traveler saw Fang Yan in a daze in front of him, and he couldn't help but burst into anger after being stunned: "As expected of Kaolin, the dragon alchemist of Ishurian, he didn't take us seriously at all?"

Only then did Fang Yan come back to his senses, and looked at this guy with some doubts.I thought to myself that your opponent is not me, so why are you angry at me?He subconsciously looked at Wei Yu behind him, but Shui Wuming held his back with one hand angrily, and whispered:
"Don't look!"

It turned out that the other party didn't know either.

Only then did Fang Yan suddenly realize.He couldn't help but glanced at the other party sympathetically, wondering if this guy thought he was meeting him, right?
But I didn't provoke him, so why is this man so angry?

Could it be that you have suffered some psychological trauma before?

The two teams staggered past and stood on both sides of the stage.

Shui Wuming sighed and asked Fang Plover, "Why were you in a daze just now?"

Fang Plover scratched his head.

He didn't know how to talk about the Ring of Golden Flame. It would be fine if the people from the Seven Seas Brigade were here, but those things about Nicol Bolas were not things that would be clear to outsiders in a short while.

And he also couldn't be sure, was that moment just an illusion?
The ring of golden flames seldom had such a strange reaction. Its reaction to the dark aura was either yes or no. This sudden sign turned silent again. What exactly did it represent?

"But it's okay," Shui Wuming shook his head. "That guy Time Traveler probably thought you were ignoring him, and he was pissed off to death. That guy is not likable at all, so it's good to make him feel embarrassed."

"You know him?" Fang Yan looked at him in surprise.

"I'm the main craftsman of Elite, so it's not surprising that I know him," Shui Wuming replied without any surprise, "I have also fought against that guy in other competitions, even if it wasn't in the enchantment device, that guy was Pretty good craftsman."

Shui Wuming glanced at him, and added: "Of course, it's still much worse than you and Weiyu. But don't act stupid again, the first round was okay, and the rest of the competition Hiding tactics is a big advantage.”

Fang Plover blushed a little, and touched his nose embarrassingly.After all, he had no experience participating in such a competition before.

"Don't blame him, Ed is different from us," Luo Wei also said for him, "He is not from the Grand Council, and it is normal if he has no experience. Shui Wuming and I will look at him, if there is anything to pay attention to The place will tell him in advance."

The relationship between Ming and Virus is turbulent, but the relationship between their two students is quite harmonious.

Wei Yu watched from the side and shook her head, thinking how stupid her elementary school boy was.He looked at the others, but most of the people in the group were not familiar with Fang Plover, only Soul Fingerprint, MTT and Mu Lan had long been familiar with it.

MTT doesn't matter, Soul Fingerprint couldn't help rolling his eyes, and Mu Lan let out a laugh.

But Fang Plover acted like he didn't understand anything at the time, but she led everyone to win the championship of the Southern Territory Contest in one fell swoop. If it wasn't for that champion, she wouldn't be qualified to come here.Therefore, Mu Lan finds the Plover both interesting and a little adored.

The cheers on the field were louder and louder.Before the official start, the atmosphere has reached.

In the auditorium, everyone couldn't help but be infected by such an atmosphere.

Especially Tian Lan, who was holding up the record crystal and chirping excitedly: "Brother Ed is so popular, I didn't expect so many people in the empire to know him."

But in fact, it is not always the case. Others have already seen that most of the cheers came from the chosen ones, and most of the natives of the empire seemed relatively quiet.The chosen ones are well-informed and like to be lively. The title of the youngest legendary craftsman is enough to arouse their enthusiasm.

But to say that the name Dragon Alchemist is well-known in the empire is not enough.But at the moment, everyone just smiled and didn't refute. Miss Poet has always been such a lively temperament, and everyone is used to it.

Except for Parker, of course.

The Paparars were born to refute those fallacies, and said immediately: "How do you know that they are not cheering for someone else?"

But Tian Lan has a lot of experience in dealing with Parker, "Shut up Parker, I'm not talking to you."

"Guilty, ouch—"

I don't know who pushed behind the Paparal, and the guy rolled down from the stands like a gourd.

However, there was commotion everywhere in the auditorium, and the small movements here were not noticeable at all.What's more, the staff of the league has already walked to the center of the arena and rang the bronze bell hanging here, announcing the official start of the first match of the second round of the Continental League——

There was silence on the field.

Competitors in each arena are entering the arena in an orderly manner.

The same is true for the battle between Nottingham's Ship and Grande General Assembly. The White Tree Society sent an ordinary-looking young craftsman, while Fang Plover's side, the crown of the silver forest, was in front of others. Amidst the sound of encouragement, he stepped onto the stage.

Wucun's character is a bit dull.

But no matter what the other party said, he was also the main craftsman of the Crown of the Silver Forest, and he had experienced countless scenes like this. Although he was a little taciturn, he was not stage frightened at all.The contestants on both sides stood still about ten meters away, and each began to prepare the tools and alchemy raw materials that will be used next on the workbench.

Both of them moved quickly, but Wucun's side was obviously faster.

The one that is not prepared is the Almighty Plug-in Type III.And that young Caucasian man chose the same traditional and well-known Quick Burst Plug-in Type IV.

Different from the Southland Competition, although the main competition of the Continental League also decides the entries jointly by both participating parties, there are no restrictions on the entries themselves, and the contestants can choose freely.But because it was the first round, both sides seemed more conservative.

Both parties chose a class of classic plug-ins as the first entries.

When Fang Plover saw Wucun take out the Almighty Plug-in, he understood the opponent's plan in his heart.Bai Xue had already introduced the rules of the competition to them before. Players in the mainland league can freely designate works, but different works naturally have different review standards.

It is easy to get high scores for difficult works, but it also requires the operator's own level.The all-round plug-in, as a classic project that will be taken out in almost every continental league, the difficulty is not high, but the evaluation standard is not low at all.

This type of plug-in is also called a full-attribute plug-in, which is specially prepared by craftsmen for those professionals who need multiple attributes. What it pursues is not the ultimate in a certain aspect, but the average distribution of multiple attributes.

Therefore, there has always been one and only one main scoring criterion for this type of plug-in, and that is what is the extreme value of its average attribute?

But what determines the extreme value of the plug-in attribute is nothing more than the craftsman's operational precision when making the plug-in, the completion of the magic circle inscription and the purity of the material.

In this regard, the participants in the Southern Territory Competition had an incomparable advantage.

Because Fang Plover taught all the contestants and participating alchemists at that time the ancient alchemy that the Numelin elves used to purify materials after the Southern Territory Contest and with An Luoser's permission.This alchemy can be said to be born for this kind of plug-in.

As for how great its advantages are, it depends on how skilled the craftsman who masters this craft is.

From Fang Plover’s point of view——

Wucun's preparation work for Numerin's circle was almost smooth, and it was many times more proficient than Cui Yu and Dill's stuttering at the beginning. Obviously, he also worked hard on this skill after going back.

But this is also normal, the opponent is originally the main craftsman of this generation trained by the crown of the silver forest, and his talent will only be higher than the latter two, and the practice time is also much longer than that of Cui Yu and Dill at that time, showing such a level at all Not surprising.

Fang Plover turned his gaze to the other side.

At this time, a quarter of an hour has passed in the arena. Plug-in is not a labor-intensive and time-consuming job. The craftsman of the Nottingham Ship has already completed a small part of the plug-in, and then began to inject it into the magic circle on it one by one. magic.

That is the unique craft of the White Tree Society - the craft that people call 'transcendence'.Fang Plover has never seen such alchemy. The alchemists of Nottings' Ship have a small walking stick, and the gemstone on the head of the stick lights up when they hold it.

That scene looked like a magician was performing a spell.

But Fang Yan didn't feel the ether surging in the opponent's magic furnace, and the magic crystal was also silent. Obviously, the magic reaction didn't come from the elemental crystal there.The other party raised his cane and pointed at the engraved plug-in and crystal, a faint ray of light emerged from the air and converged into the magic circle engraved on the crystal.

This strange scene lasted for about a minute before gradually dissipating.

But there was already commotion in the audience.

"It's ancient alchemy!"

"The ancient alchemy that appeared in the Southland Contest!"

Fang Plover looked over there.

It turns out that Wucun has entered the final stage.The other party raised his hand and used the magic glove to draw those complicated runes and circles. The magic power was extended to multiple nodes at the same time under the parallel calculation. The dark light flickered slightly, and the materials disappeared one by one in the circle.

And in the world of Xinghui, shape it into the shape it wants.

The people from Nottings' Boat also looked in this direction, with a little surprise on their faces, but not too surprised.Soul fingerprints and Bi Fang have investigated them, so they naturally don't know anything about their opponents. These people have long been familiar with the performance of Cui Yu and Dill in the Southern Territory Competition.

"It seems that they have really been to the Hall of a Thousand Doors," the young alchemists of the White Tree Society whispered, "Multiple parallelism has a new application technique. But after all, it is a technology from the second world, and it will be possible someday." Imagine."

"Will Fana hold up?" someone asked.

"Hard to say."

But these people are obviously not too worried.

The young alchemist from the White Tree Society on the field was also not affected much, and he didn't even look at Wucun.He has already pulled down the watchmaker's eyepiece, adjusted the magnification, then picked up the tweezers and pick-up pliers, and concentrated on starting the final assembly.

"The idea of ​​the quick burst plug-in is exactly the opposite of that of the omnipotent plug-in," Virus stood beside the crowd, watching this scene and said, "It pursues short-term, extreme field use, rather than comprehensive average.

The transcendence technique of the White Tree Society is perfectly complemented by this.Abandon all other unnecessary aspects, pursue the limit of the attributes that meet, and even go beyond the limit.This is also their traditional strength. "

Fang Plover could understand the logic behind it.

The swift burst plug-in is generally used by nightingales and rangers, and some fighters will learn to use it, such as Berserkers. They are pursuing instant and extreme burst attributes, and they can be used in special scenarios.

It's a bit similar to an ability like 'Intuitive Dodge', but it can be activated actively.It is different from overloading, because overloading is generally a comprehensive increase of the whole, and it will bring associated negative effects.

The Rapid Explosion plug-in is a pure performance plug-in. Apart from its overheating and cooling time, it only consumes mana.

Therefore, the logic of this type of plug-in is to pursue the limit, abandon everything, and the negative effects of surpassing craftsmanship are almost nonexistent, but the positive effects will be further amplified.The alchemist of Notting's Ship chose this option, obviously prepared.

But he also heard the other side's voice.

Since this is the traditional strength of the White Tree Society, it is obviously something that is made public, and the other party will definitely not use such a method as a trump card.It's as if the trump card of the Grand Council is definitely not an ancient alchemy learned in the Southern Territory Competition.

The main match of the Continental League is much shorter than that of the Southland Tournament. Each match only lasts one hour, with a quarter-hour break in between.Each round of competition is five hours, two and a half rounds will be played throughout the day, and the remaining half round will be completed after dark.

The entire day's schedule lasted fifteen hours.

Therefore, it is understandable that the Super Sports League does not broadcast the first and second rounds of preliminaries live.The competition system is too long and the process is too dull, which is actually one of the reasons why most people think the craftsman competition is boring.

But Fang Plover watched it with relish.

Wucun actually submitted the work one step ahead of the Nottings Ship contestant, which finally brought back a little bit of people's stereotypes about the complicated and lengthy process of ancient alchemy. At that time, Cui Yu and Dill were in the Southland Competition He was also very helpless in his performance.

After all, it was a battle to sharpen their guns, and being able to reach that step already showed that the two of them had extraordinary talents.

However, the young man from the White Tree Academy was not too slow, and he submitted his work only one step later.At this time, less than 45 minutes had actually passed an hour, and several other games on the field had also ended one after another.

Those who have been able to participate in the Continental League to reach this point will naturally have a much higher average level than in the Southern Territory Competition.

The scoring stage and the competition were carried out at the same time, Wucun didn't say a word after he came back, but he could see that he should have some confidence in his results.While the staff was still cleaning up the arena and preparing for the next game, Ming and Soul Fingerprints had already got back their results first.

Contestant: Wucun

Works: Almighty plugin.

Average attribute completion: 94.3% or more.

Work Rating:

Accuracy: 8.7 points, material handling: 10 points, craftsmanship: 8.5 points, aesthetics: 4.5 points, completion: 13.2 points

Total: 44.9 points

At this time, the referee team also announced the scores at the same time, and bursts of surprise sounded on the court.The Continental League is a very professional craftsman competition, so most of the audience who will come here are also alchemists, and they can see some skills.

What's more, even ordinary people who don't know anything about alchemy, there are commentators on the stage commenting on it, and they can roughly hear the excellence of this universal plug-in made by Wucun.

As mentioned before, the Almighty plug-in is a very common type of plug-in, and it can be regarded as an old regular in the mainland league. It has been seen that some players have chosen it as an entry in previous competitions.But as long as you have a little understanding of this, you will understand that although such plug-ins are common, they are not so easy to get a more 'perfect' score.

Generally speaking, if an ordinary craftsman can catch the average attribute of the Almighty Plug-in to more than 70%, it is already a work with a rating of B or above, that is, a passing grade.This type of plug-in mainly tests the player's assembly accuracy, craftsmanship level and material handling level of the plug-in.

Especially the last item is the most important.

In history, there have been some players who have chased the attribute completion of the all-round plug-in to more than 85%, and the highest one has reached 87.2%.However, affected by marginal benefits, the higher the standard line of 80.00% five is, the more difficult it is to improve.

People have never seen that someone can strengthen the all-around plug-in to more than 90% in the mainland league, and it is still a high score of 94.3%.

That's where the surprise in the audience came from.

People may have heard about ancient alchemy, but hearing about it and seeing it with their own eyes are two different concepts after all.

So it's no wonder that the referee team will score a perfect score of 10 on the material purification.Obviously, the master craftsmen of the referee team are also people who know the goods.

The points system of the Continental League is like this.

Assembly precision, material handling and craftsmanship, aesthetic appearance and overall completion of the work are collectively called the five dimensions of the work.But among these five dimensions, not every dimension is equally important. Among them, the first three dimensions are the solid foundation of the alchemist in the school, and each item has a full score of [-].

The score for good looks is only five points, which is not as important as the first three items in comparison.

The last item is degree of completion.

The completion score of the work reflects the craftsman's understanding of alchemy techniques and the different magic devices themselves.

After all, if an alchemist pursues the limit of a certain attribute in the universal plug-in, or pursues the average in the quick burst plug-in, this is undoubtedly a problem in understanding the function of the plug-in itself.The all-round plug-in produced by Wucun is perfect and balanced in all attributes, and it looks like a work of art in the eyes of craftsmen, so of course it got a high score of 13.2 points.

In fact, the organizers of the Continental League have always believed that understanding and cognition of the work itself and how to operate alchemy to achieve the desired effect is the key to distinguishing geniuses from ordinary craftsmen.

Therefore, as the last dimension of the five dimensions, the completion of the work is also the most important one among the five dimensions, with a total score of up to [-] points.

The total score of the five dimensions is 43.9 points. Wucun represented the Grande General Assembly and scored a high score of [-] points in the first match. Obviously, it was a good start. Everyone couldn't help but patted the shoulder of the champion of the Silver Forest .

To congratulate.

"What do you two think?" Soul Fingerprint pulled his player aside and asked in a low voice.

Mu Lan and MTT looked at the score and shook their heads.

"I am not as good at ancient alchemy as he is," Mu Lan sighed. After all, he is the main craftsman of Silver Forest Crown, and the level of Silver Forest Crown and Elite's training craftsmen is also well-known in China. If you don’t talk about alchemy, Wu Zong is second only to Ed, Weiyu and Shui Wuming among us.”

"But for MTT..." She looked at her companion.

"You think so too?" Soul Fingerprint went to MTT.

The latter thought for a while, and replied truthfully: "I may be a little better than him in ancient alchemy, and other aspects are not far behind. I should be able to surpass him in assembly accuracy."

Soul Fingerprint breathed a sigh of relief. Although she is the leader of this team, she is also Ragnarok's analyst after all. MTT was specially selected by Ragnarok's generation from the youth training camp in order to compete with the Crown of the Silver Forest and Elite. Unexpectedly, the crown of the Silver Forest, the taciturn master, scared her as soon as he came up. one jump.

That's not the same as Fang Plover's level.

Fang Plover is not a Grand Guild player no matter how good he is, and he has no conflict of interest with Ragnarok after all.

But Wucun's performance is very modest.Amidst the congratulations from everyone, he only looked at Fang Plover and said, "It's not my credit either. Mr. Ed's ancient alchemy helped a lot. Now most of the alchemists in the southern border may be grateful Mr Ed."

This is also true.

Except for Weiyu and Gulande, most of the people present had studied ancient alchemy after that.

"You don't need to thank me," Fang Yan smiled, "Those are all Mr. An Luoser's pointers. If you are willing, you can spread this technology and let more people know about it. And I am in the southern border. After that, I learned more about this technology, if you don’t mind, I can also tell you this part.”

"Really?" Shui Wuming asked with interest.

Fang Plover nodded. He didn't care too much about self-preservation in terms of technology. On the contrary, there were so many equally excellent alchemists discussing the creation of elves with him, which might help him solve many problems that had been puzzling him.

"Me too?" Wei Yu asked in surprise.

"Of course," although Liu Liyue didn't have a good opinion of the people of Silver Wisland, Fang Plover didn't mind, "Princess Brianne also said that we are now jointly representing Colin-Ishurian. Everyone understand The more alchemy, the easier it is for us to go further in the next games."

Wei Yu was a little surprised, looking at the former, his eyes couldn't help showing appreciation.He was born in the Kapuka Society, and he also upholds the same philosophy to learn alchemy, but he is born in the Grand Guild and will always be constrained by various aspects.

But before that, he never thought that someone could do this.

He couldn't help but nodded and said, "That's good, but you can't let Ed work alone. You are all top craftsmen of this generation in your respective guilds, and you should have some unique experiences of your own. We can take out what we have obtained and communicate with each other.”

The whisper paused.

"After ten glorious years, our third division has never really transcended ourselves. Even Miss Loofah's generation actually ranked in the top ten by her own strength, which does not represent the real strength of the third division at that time."

"We were ridiculed for our battle in the Turbid Domain before, and we also lost in several super tournaments. Although the Continental League is not a big tournament that attracts attention, it comes from the special field of craftsmen after all, and there is not much attention. But in the aborigines The influence in the game is extraordinary," he looked at the crowd, "I hope I can go further in this game, how about everyone?"

"I agree." Shui Wuming said immediately.

Luo Wei naturally had no objections.

Xiaoyao is usually the one who talks the most.But the proposal was a whisper, and he, who was also from Silver Wisland, had no choice but to support it.

As for the others, they did not express any objection.

Fang Yan was a little surprised. He didn't expect his suggestion to turn into such a result. However, he was happy to see the result. All the talented craftsmen from the major guilds were present. They were willing to share the exchange technology and alchemy crafts. , is definitely unique.

It's just that this always makes him feel a little strange.

In fact, during the glorious ten years, there was a time like this. At that time, the two major alliances had not yet split, and the Battle of the Covenant Mountain had not happened. Although the major guilds were in competition, they were all on the same page.The technical exchanges between the big guilds are very frequent, and they are often not so self-cherishing.

The kind of enlightenment he saw among the alchemists in the southern border now widely occurred among the forerunners of the Chosen Ones, and that was also the era he most yearned for.

Everyone is obviously aware of this.

After they stopped this topic, they looked at each other for a while, and couldn't help being a little silent.

When did things start to change?
Not far away, Ming looked at Virus, Virus still had that cold look, but there was something strange in his eyes.She is actually a little younger than Ming. Ming is in the same class as Odin and Chen Xi, and they have experienced the end of that glorious era.

And she.

Learn about that era from another way.

Also learned about the things behind Covenant Mountain.

The communication of these young people at this moment obviously reminded both of them of something.

"Sister Ming?" Bai Xue noticed the subtle change in the Artisan Queen's mentality, and couldn't help asking.

But she is actually a little embarrassed because the technical exchange between the big guilds is actually not as simple as imagined.She was a little worried that people like Shui Wuming would get into trouble for the delegation by saying something they shouldn't have said in a flash of their brains.

In particular, she is currently in charge of Silver Wislan's contact with Fang Plover. The guild regards this dragon alchemist very highly. If she is not handled properly, the guild's opinion of her will be greatly reduced.

"Let them go," Dan Ming only shook his head, and replied, "These people have a sense of proportion, and they can clearly distinguish between private and guild domains."

Snow White wanted to ask something else.

But fortunately, Bi Fang had already brought back the results from the Nottingham Ship at this time.

As everyone expected, the player from Nottingham's Boat was slightly inferior to Wucun, and the opponent's high score also came from the completion of the work, which was only slightly worse than Wucun, with 13.1 points.

The Rapid Explosion plug-in valued the extreme attributes given to the two attributes of agility and strength when the plug-in was activated. The alchemist of the Nottingham Ship got a very high degree of completion of the extreme value of these two attributes, and Wucun's evaluation is exactly the same:
94.3%
But first of all, there is a difference in the difficulty of pursuing attributes between the quick burst plug-in and the all-around plug-in.Moreover, in terms of basic skills, the alchemist of the Nottingham Ship is not as good as Wucun in all aspects, so the final total score is only 41.9 points lower than Wucun.

First round.

Nothing wins first.

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